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7-feet-long python rescued in Odisha's Kalahandi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], July 4 (ANI): A 7-feet long python was rescued from a fishing net near Ganga Sagar pond, Golamunda in Kalahandi district by the forest department on Saturday. The reptile was later released into the forest.
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Odisha becomes only state to have all three species of crocodiles
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Anugul (Odisha) [India], June 22 (ANI): Odisha has emerged the only state to have all the three species of the reptile freshwater Ghadials at Satakosiya in Mahanadi, muggers in Bhitar Kanika National park and saltwater crocodiles.
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Embryos of many species use sound to prepare for the outside world, finds
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 27 (ANI): It's well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine a hatchling's sex. Now, researchers writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution say that embryos of many different animal species also rely on acoustic signal
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Uttarakhand gets its first eco-bridge for small animals
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 1 (ANI): In an attempt to save reptiles and small animals from vehicular accidents while crossing the road, the Ramnagar Forest Division of Uttarakhand has constructed the state's first eco-bridge across Kaladhungi-Nainital highway.
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King Cobra sighted at altitude of over 2,100 m in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], September 3 (ANI): A king cobra was sighted at in the Mukteshwar village of Nainital district on Wednesday with a forest official saying that it was probably the first such sighting of the reptile specie at such an altitude.
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Odisha: King Cobra rescued from Ganjam's Burujhari village, released in fo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ganjam (Odisha) [India], July 23 (ANI): A King cobra was rescued from a well in Burujhari village of Ganjam district on Wednesday by the help of members of the snake helpline.
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Cyclone Nisarga: Animals at Mumbai Zoo shifted to holding centres
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Nisarga, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday shifted the inmates of the Byculla Zoo including tiger, leopard, hyena, various reptiles and others, into their holding areas at the zoo.
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CCB BengaLuru arrested two persons for trying to sell two headed snake
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): Central Crime Branch (CCB) Bengaluru has arrested two people who were trying to sell a two-headed snake under the cover of being delivery boys for online delivery service.
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Deforestation, Climate change could decimate Madagascar's rainforest habit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A study has found that left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar's entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070, impacting thousands of plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that are
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Odisha: Snake rescued from house in Mayurbhanj
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Oct 28 (ANI): A cobra was rescued from the residence of a family in Baripada, Mayurbhanj district on Sunday. The reptile was later released into the wild.
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Chennai: Exotic species of juvenile pythons, lizards seized from airport,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Exotic species of juvenile pythons and lizards were seized on Thursday at Chennai International Airport here by Customs officials who detained two men in this connection.
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Odisha: 8-foot-long python rescued from open field in Jajpur
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jajpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): An around 8-foot-long Indian rock python has been rescued from an open field in Kayema Bazar area of Dharmasala block here.
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